Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dated 18 June 1740 [D2240]
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CMV35170
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MA 986.26, ‘Autograph draft of a letter : place not specified, to Frederick the Great, 1740 June 18.’
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Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dated 18 June 1740 [D2240]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Sire, Si votre sort est changé votre belle âme ne l’est pas, mais la mienne l’est.
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Yes
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Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dated 18 June 1740.
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4 pp.
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Height: 230 mm
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History
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18 June 1740
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Owned by Alfred Morrison.
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Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 17 April 1880 (Lot. 28) and the Sotheby sale in London on 19 April 1918 (Lot.1768). Purchased from J. Pearson & Co. in 1923 by J.P. Morgan, jr.
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